Pontões Capixabas Natural Monument
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| name = Pontões Capixabas Natural Monument
| alt_name = Monumento Natural dos Pontões Capixabas
| iucn_category = III
| photo = Pontões Capixabas.jpg
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| photo_caption = View from the Pedra do Camelo
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| location =
| nearest_city = Colatina, Espírito Santo
| coordinates = {{coord|19.227|S|40.798|W|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| area =
| designation = Natural monument
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| administrator = ICMBio
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Pontões Capixabas Natural Monument ({{langx|pt|Monumento Natural dos Pontões Capixabas}}) is a natural monument in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil.
Location
The Pontões Capixabas Natural Monument lies in the Atlantic Forest biome.
It covers {{convert|17443|ha}}.{{sfn|Monumento Natural dos Pontões Capixabas – Chico Mendes}}
It is in the municipalities of Águia Branca and Pancas in the state of Espírito Santo.{{sfn|Unidade de Conservação ... MMA}}
The terrain includes the escarpment of the Serra da Mantiqueira and part of the Jequitinhonha-Pardo plateau.
The streams are in the watershed of the Pancas River, a tributary of the Doce River.
Average annual rainfall is {{convert|1250|mm}}.
Average temperature is {{convert|24|C}}.
Altitudes range from {{convert|120|to|1000|m}}.
The conservation unit holds a remnant of dense rainforest.{{sfn|Unidade de Conservação ... MMA}}
History
It was created as a national park by decree on 19 December 2002.{{sfn|Monumento Natural dos Pontões Capixabas – Chico Mendes}}
It became part of the Central Atlantic Forest Ecological Corridor, created in 2002.{{sfn|Lamas|Crepaldi|Mesquita|2015|p=101}}
Law 11.686 of 2 June 2008 changed the designation of the Pontões Capixabas National Park to the Pontões Capixabas Natural Monument.{{sfn|Unidade de Conservação ... MMA}}
The unit is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation.{{sfn|Monumento Natural dos Pontões Capixabas – Chico Mendes}}
The conservation unit is classed as IUCN protected area category III (natural monument or feature).
The primary objective is to preserve the rocky features, the associated flora and fauna, and the landscape.{{sfn|Unidade de Conservação ... MMA}}
The cougar (Puma concolor) is a protected species in the unit.{{sfn|Monumento Natural dos Pontões Capixabas – Chico Mendes}}
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Sources
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- {{citation|language=Portuguese
|last1=Lamas |first1=Ivana Reis |last2=Crepaldi |first2=Maria Otávia |last3=Mesquita |first3=Carlos Alberto Bernardo
|title=Uma Rede no Corredor|publisher=Conservação Internacional (CI-Brasil)|year= 2015|ISBN=978-85-98830-28-5
|url=http://www.conservation.org/global/brasil/publicacoes/Documents/Uma%20Rede%20no%20Corredor.pdf|accessdate=2016-10-22}}
- {{citation|ref={{harvid|Monumento Natural dos Pontões Capixabas – Chico Mendes}}|accessdate=2016-05-02|language=Portuguese
|title=Monumento Natural dos Pontões Capixabas|publisher=Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation
|url=http://www.icmbio.gov.br/portal/biodiversidade/unidades-de-conservacao/biomas-brasileiros/mata-atlantica/unidades-de-conservacao-mata-atlantica/2179-mn-dos-pontoes-capixabas.html}}
- {{citation|ref={{harvid|Unidade de Conservação ... MMA}}|language=Portuguese
|title=Unidade de Conservação: Monumento Natural dos Pontões Capixabas|publisher=MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente
|url=http://sistemas.mma.gov.br/cnuc/index.php?ido=relatorioparametrizado.exibeRelatorio&relatorioPadrao=true&idUc=181|accessdate=2016-05-02}}
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